22 Jun 2026
Elon Musk to get a billion shares of SpaceX if he can settle a million humans on Mars
When SpaceX published its S-1 on May 20, investors got what they expected: a landmark filing for a company planning the largest IPO in history. What they may not have been ready for was the compensation structure buried inside it, which reads less like a corporate pay package and more like science fiction.
22 Jun 2026
Meet the 2 men putting New York's $300 billion pension fund in play for the first time in 20 years
On paper, New York State Comptroller is a sleepy job. No press secretary emerges from the office to spin the Sunday shows. No Twitter feuds, no viral moments. A recent poll found that 65% of New York Democrats have never heard of the man who has held the position for two decades. What Thomas DiNapoli actually controls is another matter entirely. As sole trustee of the New York State Common…
22 Jun 2026
Musk's original 2001 Mars plan was almost childishly simple: land a small greenhouse on the red planet to reignite public excitement for space, the seed idea t…
In the autumn of 2001, a 30-year-old Elon Musk sat in a Moscow hotel room with rocket scientist Jim Cantrell and aerospace consultant Mike Griffin, negotiating to buy refurbished Soviet Dnepr intercontinental ballistic missiles. He wanted to bolt a small robotic greenhouse onto the nose of one, fire it to Mars, and broadcast pictures of green shoots growing in red regolith back to Earth. He…
21 Jun 2026
Tesla Semi spotted with ground truth validation equipment as launch looms
The Tesla Semi was spotted mounted with ground truth validation equipment as the company nears its looming launch. The Semi is Tesla's Class 8 all-electric truck, and has been utilized in its earlier stages by many companies like PepsiCo. and Frito-Lay, who have been using it in a pilot program.
20 Jun 2026
Tesla’s Radical Makeover: Robot Factory Retooling, Musk’s Voting Power, and a Two-Speed Sales St
Elon Musk has cemented his grip on Tesla’s future by exercising options on more than 300 million shares, pushing his voting stake to just under 20%. The move arrives as the company accelerates its shift from a carmaker into an artificial-intelligence and robotics powerhouse – a transition that is already reshaping factory floors, product plans, and investor expectations.
20 Jun 2026
SpaceX valuation hinges on uncertain AI economics, says Professor Aswath Damodaran
After Elon Musk's SpaceX completed its market debut, veteran valuation expert Aswath Damodaran has warned that the company’s soaring valuation rests heavily on uncertain assumptions around artificial intelligence (AI), even as its core businesses remain relatively niche.
20 Jun 2026
Key facts: Musk Exercises 304M Options; Sweden Pushes FSD Ban; ARK Buys
Elon Musk exercised options for ~303.96M Tesla shares at $23.34, surrendered ~17.53M to cover a $7.09B tax bill, keeping voting stake near 19.9%.
20 Jun 2026
Elon Musk Says Tesla Owners Will Soon Be Able To Talk To Grok Like A Chauffeur
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has teased an update for the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system that would let owners converse with xAI 's Grok like they would with a chauffeur.
19 Jun 2026
Elon Musk and the Glory of Liberal Democracy
Elon Musk recently became the world’s first trillionaire, and the prevalent hostility to great wealth found its largest object yet. The claims: he is too rich and too powerful for our democracy, and his wealth should be redistributed to others. But Musk’s personal wealth is not the most socially salient fact about him. He demonstrates how private wealth not only improves markets and consumer…
